Putin, Long the Sower of Instability, Is Now Surrounded by It
Fueled by the pandemic, uprisings in Belarus and Kyrgyzstan and a war in the Caucasus region are undermining the influence of the Russian ...
New York City Shopping Inches Back. No Store Required.
Secondhand and independent clothing sellers take to the streets.
The Campaign to Silence Bollywood
India’s ruling Hindu nationalists are scapegoating the Hindi film industry to distract the country from Narendra Modi’s failure to control the pandemic.
To Sayaka Murata, Nonconformity Is a Slippery Slope
Her new novel, “Earthlings,” asks: If you don’t belong in the “Baby Factory,” do you even belong on Earth?
Orchestras Are Rushing to Add Black Composers. Will It Last?
Ensembles shut by the coronavirus pandemic are shaking up their programming. Artists of color are hoping it’s for the long haul.
UPDATED: Buhari presents Nigeria’s N13 trillion 2021 budget to lawmakers
President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the 2021 budget estimate to a joint session of the National Assembly. The proposed expenditure is put at ...
Saudi Staycations Lay Bare Obstacles to Kingdom’s Tourism Drive
UMLUJ, Saudi Arabia—Ahmad Hamid usually spends his summers partying in London nightclubs. Stranded at home in Jeddah this year because of the coronavirus ...
Timeline: Nphet Level 5 recommendation – who knew what and when?
The Government moved the entire country to Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions this week, against the advice of the National Public Health Emergency Team ...
Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature 2020
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere ...
Almost 400 Covid-19 outbreaks in homes last week, seven in nursing homes
Almost 400 private homes experienced outbreaks of Covid-19 last week, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre. The 395 clusters of the disease ...
